Example sentences of "[Wh det] it [vb mod] mean " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jay knew it , numbed herself against what it might mean . |
| 2 | Which is interesting because here the three of us are , thinking about what it means to belong somewhere , what it might mean to belong to this idea called ‘ theatre ’ . |
| 3 | Yet it is only through particular instances of truth that we can come to understand what it might mean to speak of absolute Truth . |
| 4 | For Gandhi , particular religions are necessary to convey what it might mean to speak of the one , true and perfect Religion which is beyond predication and not realized within finite existence . |
| 5 | To go onstage in the flag is to be a 50p magnet , no matter what it might mean in an ideal world . |
| 6 | As part of the process of clarifying what might be meant by brainwashing , I proposed a working definition of what it might mean to make a choice : |
| 7 | From this it follows that we could give some account of what it might mean to ‘ change the context ’ in the sense in which Fillmore ( 1977 : 119 ) envisages this when he says ‘ I … find myself asking what the effect would have been if the context had been slightly different . ’ |
| 8 | Nobody else was moved over the next couple of days so we talked endlessly about what it might mean . |
| 9 | For a while he tried to read , tried to sink back down into the fortunes of young Pao-yu and his beloved cousin , Tai-yu , but it was no good ; his mind kept returning to the question of the Aristotle File and what it might mean for Chung Kuo . |
| 10 | This leaflet is intended to provide a concise overview of the 1992 process , focusing on what it might mean for local authorities . |
| 11 | He stared back at her , realising what it might mean . |
| 12 | Now she was perplexed and afraid ; perplexed because she did not understand what had happened , and afraid of what it might mean if she did . |
| 13 | ‘ Imagine what it would mean to Britain if you had a player in Manchester and a player in Liverpool who won Wimbledon and the US Open , ’ he said , boggling the mind . |
| 14 | First , it is not clear what it would mean to say that I can see the map in my head . |
| 15 | ‘ The ramifications of what it would mean has not yet been understood , either by Scotland or elsewhere in the UK . ’ |
| 16 | What it would mean is that we would consider it immoral to treat animals as if they had no intrinsic value , as if they were of instrumental value only , merely means to human ends . |
| 17 | He had spoken without thinking , and presently realised what it would mean to them both . |
| 18 | And that does n't mean what it would mean if said by one of your generation ! ’ |
| 19 | In order to make appeal to this methodology , which is very commonly used in linguistic and philosophical discussion , we need to know what it would mean for the context to be ‘ slightly different ’ . |
| 20 | I do n't think she has the faintest idea what it would mean to marry a chap without private means , and if she did , I 'm afraid she 'd change her mind . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't want the Russians on my track if they knew what I was looking for — just think what it would mean if it turned up now ? |
| 22 | Clare thought of telling her what it would have meant to her as a young girl to have a nicely furnished room to herself — what it would mean to her now for that matter — but sensed that such remarks would serve no useful purpose . |
| 23 | Erm before we do anything let's have a look and see what it would mean if , it would mean just as numbers . |
| 24 | If you did n't think of what it would mean to me , what about the clothes she was supposed to model for you ? ’ |
| 25 | For that was what it would mean . |
| 26 | I understand the emotional pull that devolution has for people in Scotland , but I hope that every Scot will examine very carefully what it would mean in practice for Scotland and for the rest of the United Kingdom . |
| 27 | He explained , tersely , to Edward Carrington what their cargo was and what it would mean if German scientists got hold of it . |
| 28 | Presumably that 's what it would mean . |
| 29 | Besides , have n't you realised what it would mean to you personally ? |
| 30 | ‘ Well , think , ’ she added quickly , ‘ think what it would mean . |